Oscars 2024 recap: Biggest moments from the 96th Academy Awards

Everything that happened on Hollywood's biggest night.

The 2024 Oscars have come and gone, and "Oppenheimer" was the big winner of the night.

Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 96th Academy Awards, a ceremony which honored excellence in cinematic achievements for some of the past year's biggest films.

"Oppenheimer" earned seven Oscars from its 13 total nominations, including the top prize of the night, best picture, as well as best director for Christopher Nolan.

In the lead acting categories, "Poor Things" star Emma Stone took home the award for best actress while "Oppenheimer" star Cillian Murphy took home best actor.

"The Holdovers" star Da'Vine Joy Randolph and "Oppenheimer" star Robert Downey Jr. snagged wins in the supporting acting categories.

For all the biggest moments from the 2024 Oscars, keep reading below.


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Who is performing at the 2024 Oscars?

All five songs nominated in the best original song category will be performed during the show.

In February, the Academy announced that Becky G, Ryan Gosling, Billie Eilish and more would take the stage. Becky G will perform Diane Warren's "The Fire Inside" from "Flamin' Hot," while Eilish will sing "What Was I Made For?" from "Barbie," which she co-wrote with her brother, Finneas O'Connell.

Gosling will sing the power ballad "I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie." The song was co-written and co-produced by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt.

Also taking the Oscars stage are Jon Batiste, who will perform "It Never Went Away" from "American Symphony," and Scott George, who will perform "Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)" from "Killers of the Flower Moon" with the Osage Singers.


America Ferrera, Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell pose for photos on red carpet

Academy Award nominees America Ferrera, Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell were all smiles as they posed for photos together on the red carpet.

Ferrera, who is nominated for best supporting actress for her performance in "Barbie," stepped out in a pink gown, while Eilish wore a black blazer with a white button down shirt and a black and white skirt with a matching houndstooth purse. O'Connell wore a classic suit with a black bowtie.

Eilish and O'Connell's song "What Was I Made For?" from "Barbie" is nominated tonight for best original song.


'Anatomy of a Fall' actors wear Palestinian flag pins on red carpet

Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, "Anatomy of a Fall" actors Milo Machado-Graner and Swann Arlaud wore Palestinian flag pins on the Oscars red carpet.


Who is up for the best director Oscar?

The five filmmakers nominated in the best director category include Martin Scorsese, Justine Triet, Christopher Nolan, Yorgos Lanthimos and Jonathan Glazer.

Scorsese's nomination for the crime drama "Killers of the Flower Moon" is his 10th best director nomination. He won best director in 2007 for "The Departed."

Nolan, who directed and wrote "Oppenheimer," and Lanthimos, who directed "Poor Things," are up for best director at the Oscars for the second time in their careers.

Triet, who directed and co-wrote "Anatomy of a Fall," and Glazer, who directed and wrote "The Zone of Interest," are first-time Oscar nominees.


Grandmothers from 'Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó' hit red carpet

Taiwanese-American director Sean Wang and his two grandmothers Chang Li Hua and Yi Yan Fuei arrived on the red carpet in style in red-themed flower-patterned outfits.

Wang's film "Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó," which is nominated tonight for best documentary short film, is about his grandmothers and documents the inspiring lives of both women, who use humor and grace to tell their stories.

Joining Wang and his grandmothers on the red carpet was Sam Davis, the film's co-producer and cinematographer.

Excited in the shine of the moment, the group waved, smiled and danced for the cameras.